Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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18 A,T-H EQ- E C H- . -m CLASS SONG These are our last days at Canton High How swift the years have flown, now it's Good-bye We've tried our best, and striven to succeed At last we'Ve reached our goal in work and deed. We thank our teachers for their patient aid Without their help we surely should have failed And with regret We bid farewell to friends And school companions, loyal to the end. Oh precious memories, stay with us yet Tho-se happiest years, we shall not forget. And so farewell, it's time for us to part W e'll always keep you close within our hearts. We must not leave without a word of praise For all the sacrifices they have made, To our dear parents, oh so fond and true, We thank you one and all for all you do. We know not what the future has in store But trust we'll meet it bravely as of Vore. With all the faith and fervor of our needs We hope to conquer also to succeed. And as we leave you now we pledge anew Our Grm resolve to be forever true. To face the future as we have the past So to the end as long as life shall last. To be sung to the Viennese Melody by Mildred Kelliher g, BASKETBALL NOTES Canton High School again entered the Hock-a-Mock League, which is composed of Stoughton, Foxboro, Oliver Ames of North Easton, Sha- ron, Stetson High of Randolph, and Canton. Since our regular basket- ball court could not be secured, the boys had to practice in an empty room at the Plymouth Rubber Com- pany. Although handicapped by this misfortune, the boys, led by Captain James Stevenson, won four and lost seven games, finishing up in sixth place. Two of the games won were from their keenest rival, Stoughton. The scores were as follows: Foxboro 36 ........... Canton 31 Sharon 47 ...... Canton 15 Canton 31 . Stoughton 27 Randolph 42 ..... .... C anton 32 Oliver Ames 57 .... . . . Canton 27 Canton 19 ...... .... S haron 16 Foxboro 44 .... ...... C anton 29 Canton 23 . Stoughton 21 Randolph 31 .......... Canton 27 Oliver Ames 51 ........ Canton 13 Canton 35 ............. Dover 23 S. Swfardlick This year quite a few candidates appeared for practice at the Wamrpa- tuck Country Club. Of these eight were picked. As yet we have only plaved Norwood. Although we lost, we hope to do better against Walpole and Wrentham. The doubles teams are: C. Croft, D. Wood W. Keller, L. Kemp The singles are: A No. 1. A. Hewitt No. 2. R. Wood No. 3. J. White W. Winslow was elected temporary captain and manager. D. Wood

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Mg wig T H E ECHO 17 GRADUATION EXERCISES CANTON HIGH Sonooi.. CLASS or 19:36 Memorial Hall Friday Evening June 12, 1936 8 P. M. Program Processional, Marche Militaire' Schwbert High School Orchestra Marshal, Leo Strumski President, Class 1937 Invocation Rev. John Dallinger Class Song Words by Mildred Kelliher Tune of Viennese Melody Symposium Presiding OIIice, James Stevenson I Two of Our Government Procedures Town Manager With Its Ad- vantages and Disadvantages Committee Roger Hinds, Edna Gibson, John Cleveland, Walter Hallett Proportional Representation and How it Works Committee Paul Rogers, Joseph Kessler, Thomas Finn II Crime-Today and Yesterday Crime In Its Early Stages Committee Jerry Kelleher, Eleanor Mullin, Mary O'Hare Cause and Method of Preven- tion of Crime Committee Mildred Kelliher, Charles Dudley, Dorothy Aylward. Estelle Kaufman Harvey Robinson Cost of Crime Committee James Stevenson Charlotte Spintig Science and Its Relation to the Pres- ent Social Order Radio and Television Angus Mackiernan, Donald Colsen Aviation and Transportation Carlton Reed, Wadsworth Winslow, Mabel Baldwin Medicine Thomas MacDonnell Technicolor Hilda Wood Awards Mr. Richard Anketell Pro Merito Washington-Franklin Medal Service Medal Ketchum Symposium Prize Hemenway Prize Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Joseph A. Murphy Chairman, School Committee Recessional, The Commandern Brocton ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION During the latter part of the month of October, the Athletic Association of Canton High School held its an- nual elections. The results were as follows: President, Eleanor Mullin, Vice- President, Jerry Kelleher, Secretary, Charlotte Spintigg Treasurer, Vin- cent Lutkus. The Athletic Association was a de- cided success, with football leading the Held in sport popularity, and basketball running a close second. An endeavor was made to give the girls more physical exercise, and through arrangements with the Y. W. C. A. of Brockton, the girls who wanted to made several trips to the club to use the swimming pool and gym- With a baseball and hockey team and the probability of a track and tennis team every student has had or will have an opportunity to par- ticipate in some sport. The annual banquet of the Asso- ciation was held December 19, in the school hall. The audience was par- ticularly fortunate in hearing Harry Downes, coach of Boston College, and Bill Ohrenberger of Boston English High School speak, and in seeing moving pictures of our undefeated football team. Presentations Were made to mem- bers of the athletic squads and their coaches, Miss Lyons and Mr. Dono- van. A more detailed account of the activities of the various athletic teams will be found in other sport sections. E. Mullin.

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THE E C H O gg,19 CLASS HISTORY September 7, 1932, found us seventy-two strong, wide-eyed and smiling, ready to take up our duties as freshmen at Canton High. We were typical freshmen scorned by other classes, getting into wrong classrooms and generally upse-tting everything. Our first activity, class election, brought to the helm of a somewhat wobbly ship James Steven- son, president, Betty Jones, vice president, Charles Marathas, secre- tary, and Edna Gibson, treasurer. Later we elected two members to the Student Council, viz.: Wadsworth Winslow and Elsie Estey. The first chance we had to show our ability in dancing was at the A. A. dance in O-ctober. In November many of us saw Canton beat Stough- ton and keep a clean slate for the season. The most important event of the year for us was our debut into school 'society by way of the Freshman- Sophomore Social, held in April '33. On September of the same year a very different group returned to as- sume the position of the sophomore class, the peculiar predicament of the class being that its members were too young to associate with seniors or juniors and too old to associate with freshmen. Class elections went smoothly, Wadsworth Winslow being chosen presi-dent, Shirley Rice, vice presi- dent, Agnes Horgan, secretary, and Helen Copley, treasurer. The Thanksgiving Day game, fol- lowed by the A. A. Banquet in De- cember, provided recreation for the remainder of '33. A new form of activity. a magazine drive, in which many sophomores took part, served to take our attention from our work during March, '34, April once more brought the social, at which We felt very superior because we had done it all before. Time marched on, and we returned to Canton High, September '34, as full-fledged juniors fit for the highest of society. Charles Dudley, John Collins, Charles Marathas, and Mary O'Hare were elected to the offices of presi-dent, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. The football team, among whose members were some juniors, held Stoughton to a scoreless tie in the an- nual Turkey Day classic. 'Ilhe A. A. Dance and Banquet took our atten- tion during the next two months. The magazine drive was taken over by the baseball boys in March and many juniors were outstanding as salesmen. The Operetta, also held in March, gave some of us a chance to show our stage ability. Charlotte Spintig, Agnes Horgan, Mildred Kelli- her, and Estelle Kaufman received major parts. The greatest event of the year was the J unior Prom held on M-ay 25. The dance was under the direction of Peter Berteletti, general chairman, with Miss Anderson and Miss Leary as class advisers. It was the first Junior Prom to be held in the town hall, which was decorated to repre- sent our own American Desert under the direction of Walter Hallett. Ele- anor Mullin was chairman of the dance committee and selected Joe Keeley and his orchestra to furnish the music. Marion Tordoff took charge of the refreshments. Five hundred invitations were mailed to alumni and friends. We returned in September, 1935, totally aware of our high positions. This year was started under the sup- ervision of our new principal, Mr. Richard Anketell. Class elections were taken as a matter of course with the following results: Peter Bertel- etti, president, Mildred Kelliher, vice president, Ione Wile, secretary, and Agnes Horgan, treasurer. Our class meetings this year have been the scenes of many heated arguments on one or another and at times on no subject at all. fWere the favorite hobby of the class asked, I'm sure it would be arguing.D Four seniors also lead the A. A.: Eleanor Mullin, president, Jerry Kelliher, vice presi- dent, Charlotte Spintig, secretary, and Vincent Lutkus, treasurer. The football team with six seniors i